Some songs and albums find their moment twice. E.nergy A.udio R.evolution Sped Up is one of them. I released these songs in 2000. They lived, they breathed, they meant something then. But the world they were written for? That world is coming back around right now.
E.nergy A.udio R.evolution is ten songs. Ten weeks of singles, one per week, the tenth completing the album. One statement built piece by piece, landing in full last week. If you’ve been here for the ride, you know what this collection is. If you’re just finding it, you picked a good time.
This is week eleven. And it comes back faster.
The Sped Up version exists because urgency is sometimes the message. We live in a world that moves whether you’re ready or not, and sometimes a song needs to match that pace. Cut tighter, hit harder, less room to breathe. That’s not a compromise. That’s a different kind of honest.
Three songs on the album keep stopping me cold.
Time Machine. The need to go back, change one thing, rewrite one moment. That feeling hasn’t aged a day. If anything it’s more crowded than ever with people who carry it.
Publicity. Written when the noise was already getting loud. Released now when it’s deafening. The song knew.
Tortured Solitaire. Written originally about the paparazzi culture that contributed to Princess Diana’s death. Not as a lament. As a challenge. A call to turn the tables on the people doing the destroying. Twenty-five plus years later, the paparazzi have been replaced by anyone with a phone and a grudge. The impulse to tear someone apart publicly hasn’t changed, it’s just more accessible now. If you’ve ever wanted to fight back against that, or watched someone you care about get buried by it, this song is handing you something to stand on.
If you want the original album remixed & remastered the way it was meant to be heard it’s available now. It’s also now available in Dolby Atmos. That’s not a technical footnote. Heard correctly, it’s a different physical experience.
E.nergy A.udio R.evolution wasn’t songs waiting to be discovered. They were songs waiting to be heard by the right people at the right time. If you’ve ever felt like the world moved on without checking if you were ready, this record already has something to say to you.
The studio quality WAV and MP3 bundle is in the store if you want to own it properly. If the music moves you enough to want to play it, the guitar and bass transcriptions are there too, including a full bundled book at a better price than buying them individually. And if you want to put something on your wall or your back, that’s there as well.
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